[[Matriux]] is a fully featured security distribution, based on [[Ubuntu]]. It consists of powerful, free and open source computer forensics and data recovery tools which can be used for forensics analysis and investigation purposes.

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With Matriux, you can turn any system into a powerful penetration testing toolkit, without having to install any software into your hardisk. Matriux is designed to run from a Live environment like a CD / DVD or USB stick or it can easily be installed to your hard disk in a few steps. Matriux also includes a set of computer forensics and data recovery tools that can be used for forensic analysis and investigations and data retrieval.

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Apart from forensics usages Matriux also provides a wide platform to let security professionals utilize the power of open source to perform day-to-day web application penetration testing and server hardening tasks.

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Matriux is lite and designed to run from a CD / DVD or USB stick or it can easily be installed to your hard disk in a few steps in no time.

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== History ==

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An Indian infosec professional [http://manuzacharia.blogspot.com/ ''Manu Zacharia''] had initialized the idea of developing Matriux as a security distribution in 2008 and by the end of 2009 on 5th December released the Matriux '''Lithium''' version at [http://clubhack.com/2009/ ClubHack2009] Its successor Matriux '''Xenon''' was released on December 4, 2010 at [http://clubhack.com/2010/ ClubHack2010]

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Matriux is also Asia's first OS for hacking, penetration testing, and cyber forensic investigation.

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[http://www.matriux.com/index.php?page=download ''Matriux Krypton''], We have officially released it

Matriux is a fully featured security distribution, based on Ubuntu. It consists of powerful, free and open source computer forensics and data recovery tools which can be used for forensics analysis and investigation purposes.

Apart from forensics usages Matriux also provides a wide platform to let security professionals utilize the power of open source to perform day-to-day web application penetration testing and server hardening tasks.

Matriux is lite and designed to run from a CD / DVD or USB stick or it can easily be installed to your hard disk in a few steps in no time.

History

An Indian infosec professional Manu Zacharia had initialized the idea of developing Matriux as a security distribution in 2008 and by the end of 2009 on 5th December released the Matriux Lithium version at ClubHack2009 Its successor Matriux Xenon was released on December 4, 2010 at ClubHack2010

Matriux is also Asia's first OS for hacking, penetration testing, and cyber forensic investigation.